The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-02-24
A Gigantic Combination.

A Gigantic Combination.
The prominent runors of coDsolda-
tion of the Georgia Central with the
West Point Terminal Railway Company
has induced the publication of sketch
of these roads which shows the magni-
tude of the interests controlled by them
as follows:
The Richmond and West Point Ter
minal Railway and Warehouse Company
was incorporated by the State OF Virginia
in 1880. The object of its incorporation
was to acquire, in the interest of the
Richmond and Danville Railroad Com
pany, railroads and other properties,
which the latter, by its charter, could
not directly acquire. The Terminal
! Company is authorized to acquire, by
purchase or otherwise, stocks and bonds
| of railroad companies in the States of
North and South Carolina, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
and other States, and is vested by its
charter with all powers necessary to such
purposes. The capital stock Of the COM
pany was at first 100000. 1t was
raised to $5,OOO,OOO aud subsequently, to
5000, 900, in pursuance of amendments
to its charter that allowed it to increase
its capital stock without limit, to consol-
idae with other companies, and to change
its namo at any time when it's stockhold
ers should so elec. to that of the Rich
mond, Danville and Southern Railway
Company. The Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company owns a majority of
the stock.
THE LINES OPERATED.
The Terminal Company now operates
the following lines of railway: Virginia
Midland, Western North Carolina, Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta. Atlantic,
Tennessee and Ohio, Columbia and
Greenville, Laurens R. R., spartanburg,
Union aud Columbia, Asheville and
Spartanburg, Northeastern Railroad,
Augusta and Knoxville, Richmond and
Mecklenburg, Georgia Pacific, Chester
and Lenoir, and Chester and Cheraw-
1875 miles of railroad
The Richmond and Danyile Railroad
owns and leases the following lines:
The Richmond and Danville, Piedmont
Railroad, N. w., North Carolina Rail-
road, Richmond, Y. r. & Ches., Milton
and Sutherlin, North Carolina Railroad,
State University Railroad and Atlanta
and Charlotte Air Line-S53 miles owned
and leased.
THE FIRST GREAT BIG SCOOP.
The scoop by the Terminal of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia was q
sensation at the time and was talked
over and over weeks before its coLsum-
nation. The East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia system owns and leases
1,450 miles of railroad in Tennessee,
Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama
Mississippi and Kentucky, the principal
roads being the Memphis and Charles
ton, the road from Cleveland, Tenn, to
Selma, Ala, from Bristol to Chattanooga,
the Selma, Rome and Dalton, the Geor.
gia division from Rome to Brunswick, via.
Macon, with branches to Cochran and
Hawkinsville.
THE REPORTED SCOOP.
If true the reported scoop of the Cen.
trail places nearly three thousand more
miles under the control of the Terminal.
At the time the big fight was made for
the control of the presidency, when Gen.
E. P. Alexander was successful, it was
stated that the fight was made and won
In the interest of the Richmond and Ter.
lninal, though at the time this was stren-
uously denied. However, if the reports
now given out prove true: and it is the
general belief that they will, the average
person will believe that the battle, which
excited as much interest as any Of like
nature ever enacted, was male as pre-
yiously contepded-on behalf of the
Terminal.
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
| The Central railroad was chartered
December 14th, 1885. In 1885 the Cen.
trail Railroad and Banking Company was
organized. In 1886 it began work and
was completed to Macon, October 1s,
1S43-190 miles. From that time to the
present date the road has continued to
grow until now it is magnificent system,
concentrating some of the strongest lines
of the State, stretching beyond the bor-
ders, linking Savannah with the great
seaports of the North by splendid line
of ocean steamers and holding in its
grasp Charleston and the great marts of
Alabama, Mississippi and the West.
NEARLY THREE THOUSAND MILES.
The Central Railroad and Banking
Company control nearly 5000 miles Of
railway, and is continuously extending
its right of way. Among the lines
leased, owned and operated by the Cen
trail are the main stem, from Savannah
to Atlanta; The Milledgeville branch
the Augusta and Savannah Railroad,
Millen to Augusta; Eatonton branch,
Milledgeville to Eatonton; Southwestern
Railroad and branches; Montgomery
and Eufaula, Montgomery, Ala, to Eu-
faula, Ala; Columbus and Western,
Columbus, Ga, to Goodwater, Ala;
Eufaula and Clayton, Eufaula, Ala, to
Clayton, Ala. Ocean Steamship Com
pany, Savannah to New York and Pbila-
delphia Grated as 25O miles of road)
Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama;
Upson County; Mobile and Girard
Western of Alabama ; Augusta, Port
Royal and Western Carolina; Georgia
Railroad, Wrightsville and Tennille,
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